chinese inventions – Flashcards with Answers

(589-618 CE) The Chinese dynasty that was like the Qin Dynasty in imposing tight political discipline; this dynasty built the Grand Canal which helped transport the rice in the south to the north.

The 1,100-mile (1,700-kilometer) waterway linking the Yellow and the Yangzi Rivers. It was begun in the Han period and completed during the Sui Empire.

(618-907 CE) The Chinese dynasty that was much like the Han, who used Confucianism. This dynasty had the equal-field system, a bureaucracy based on merit, and a Confucian education system.

Became Empress in 690. She assumed the title herself- the only woman in China to do so.

battle between the Tang dynasty and the Muslims; eastern expansion of the Muslim power; Muslims win and stop Chinese western expansion

(960-1279 CE) The Chinese dynasty that placed much more emphasis on civil administration, industry, education, and arts other than military.

At about 1045~1058, the moveable type was invented by Bi, Sheng in China. Bi, Sheng lived in the capital of China, Bianliang during the Former Song Dynasty (960-1127). He invented it on the basis of reforming engraving type.

The invention of gunpowder is usually attributed to Chinese alchemy, and is popularly listed as one of the "Four Great Inventions" of China. It was invented during the Tang Dynasty (9th century), and the earliest record of a written formula appeared in the Song Dynasty (11th century).

China is the hometown of porcelain and the invention of porcelain was China's great contribution to the world civilization. The word china when capitalized is recognized as the name of the country. Around 16th century BC in the middle of the Shang Dynasty (17th - 11th century BC), the early-stage porcelain appeared in China. The firing techniques were rough in both the bodies and the glazes and the firing temperature was comparatively low, so porcelain of that time is called primitive porcelain for its primitive and transitional nature

One of the greatest inventions of the medieval world was the mechanical clock, developed in China. Yi Xing, a Buddhist monk and mathematician, made the first model of a mechanical clock in C.E. 725. This clock-really an astronomical instrument that served as a clock--operated by dripping water that powered a wheel that made one full revolution in 24 hours.

Paper money was made by the Tang Dynasty in China in 740 B.C. They made the paper money as an offshoot of the invention of block printing. Block printing is like stamping. Some people used the process for quilts, but the government made ready use of it in printing money. They made paper money because their devalued coins were becoming too heavy to carry.

Earliest records show a spoon shaped compass made of lodestone or magnetite ore, referred to as a "South-pointer" dating back to sometime during the Han Dynasty (2nd century BCE to 2nd century CE). The spoon-shaped instrument was placed on a cast bronze plate called a "heaven-plate" or diviner's board that had the eight trigrams

The Jin dynasty ? (1115-1234) was the second great "barbarian" dynasty ruling over northern China. It was founded by Wanyan Aguda ????? (Emperor Taizu of the Jin ???, r. 1115-1122), khan of the people of the Jurchens. The Jurchens were ancestors of the Manchus who later founded the Qing dynasty ? (1644-1911).

A large area of flat unforested grassland in southeastern Europe or Siberia.

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Also known as Temujin; he united the Mongol tribes into an unstoppable fighting force; created largest single land empire in history.

Chinggis's son, took over Mongolian army when he died and conquered the Song and Russia after the death of him the mongolian empire is divided among CK grandsons into four khanates

an empire founded in the 12th century by Genghis Khan, which reached its greatest territorial extent in the 13th century, encompassing the larger part of Asia and extending westward to the Dnieper River in eastern Europe.

What 4 regions were mongol empire split

Central Asia under Mongol domination

What were the empires the Mongolian empire divided into in the late 1200s? (Mark all the correct answers)

(1215-1294) Grandson of Genghis Khan and founder of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty in China.

(1279-1368 CE) The dynasty with Mongol rule in China; centralized with bureaucracy but structure is different: Mongols on top-;Persian bureaucrats-;Chinese bureuacrats.

Venetian merchant and traveler. His accounts of his travels to China offered Europeans a firsthand view of Asian lands and stimulated interest in Asian trade.

"Ivan the Great"; ruled as great prince and first ruler of the independent state called Russia

Succeeded Mongol Yuan dynasty in China in 1368; lasted until 1644; initially mounted huge trade expeditions to southern Asia and elsewhere, but later concentrated efforts on internal development within China.